§47-21-12. Compensation.
(a) A licensee may pay a salary, the minimum of which is the
federal minimum wage and the maximum of which is not more than one
hundred and twenty percent of the state minimum wage to operators
of charitable raffle games who are either:

(1) Active members of the licensee organization and who have
been active members in good standing for at least two years prior
to the date of filing of the application for a charitable raffle
license or the most recent filing of an application for renewal of
the license; or

(2) Employees of the licensee organization or its authorized
auxiliary organization who are:

(A) Residents of this state;

(B) Residents of a state bordering this state if the county of
his or her residence is contiguous to the county in this state in
which the raffle operation is conducted; or

(C) Residents of a bordering state who reside within
thirty-five miles of the county in which the raffle operation is
conducted.

(b) If the licensee's gross receipts from raffle occasions
equal or exceed one hundred thousand dollars for the licensee's
most recently filed annual financial report, a salary may be paid
to not more than eight operators.

(c) If the licensee's gross receipts from charitable raffle
occasions are less than one hundred thousand dollars, but equal or exceed fifty thousand dollars for the licensee's most recently
filed annual financial report, a salary may be paid to not more
than five operators.

(d) If the licensee's gross receipts from charitable raffle
occasions are less than fifty thousand dollars for the licensee's
most recently filed annual financial report, a salary may be paid
to no more than three operators.

(e) In the case of a licensee lawfully holding a charitable
bingo occasion simultaneously with a charitable raffle occasion,
the number of paid charitable raffle operator employees allowed
under this limitation for charitable raffle licensees is in
addition to the number of charitable bingo operator employees
allowed under section twelve-a, article twenty of this chapter.
Licensees holding simultaneous occasions shall pay bingo operators
from the proceeds of bingo operations and shall pay raffle
operators from the proceeds of raffle operations and the charitable
bingo fund and the charitable raffle fund and payments from the
funds may not be commingled.

(f) For purposes of the limitations set forth in this section,
the term "operator" or "bingo operator" or "raffle operator" do not
include concession stand workers. Wages paid to concession workers
may not exceed more than one hundred and twenty percent of the
state minimum wage.